tonné
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French
[edit]Participle
[edit]tonné (feminine tonnée, masculine plural tonnés, feminine plural tonnées)
- past participle of tonner
Norman
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]tonné f (plural tonnieaux)
- (Jersey) ton
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 537:
- A flleur de Mars—ni pouque ni sac;
A flleur d'Avril—pouque et baril;
A flleur de Mai—barrique et touné.- Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
Blossom in April fills bag and barrel;
Blossom in May fills hogshead and tun.
- Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
- (Jersey) caskful
Synonyms
[edit]- (caskful): bârritchie